First Photo shoot

My first photo shoot took place at night time to insure the room that I used as a makeshift studio to be in darkness as I wanted the only source of light to be the small desk lamp I used. Due to the darkness, I had to use a longer shutter speed which meant that I had to use a tripod to prevent camera shake. I could have raised the ISO but wanted to avoid this as much as possible due to the risk of "noise".

I used both my macro lens and my Nikon kit lens. I had intended to only use the macro lens but due to inexperience with the lens, I felt that I would obtain a better selection of shots using both the macro and the lens that I had more experience with.

These are the photographs from my first shoot, I intend to edit them by cropping, removing any detail I don't wish to be there, making some of the images black and white and also changing the background colour.

ISO 100, F/4, 1/2 second, 105mm

ISO 100, F/9, 2.5 seconds, 105mm

ISO 100, F/22, 15 seconds,105mm

ISO 100, F/22, 10 seconds, 105 mm

ISO 100, F/22, 10 seconds, 105mm

ISO 100, F/ 6.3, 1.30 seconds, 34mm.

ISO 100F/8, 2 seconds, 34mm

ISO 100, F/16, 6 seconds, 34mm

ISO 100, F/16, 8 seconds, 34mm

ISO 100, 15 seconds, 34 mm

ISO 100, F/16, 8 seconds, 34mm

ISO 100, F/16, 15 seconds, 34mm

ISO 100, F/16, 1 second, 55mm

ISO 100, F/16, 1.30, 55mm

ISO 100, F/16, 3 seconds, 55mm

ISO 100, F/16, 6 seconds, 46mm

ISO 100, F/16, 13 seconds, 46 mm

ISO 100, F/16, 13 seconds, 34 mm

ISO 100, F/ 16, 10 seconds, 35mm

ISO 100, F/16, 10 seconds, 35 mm

ISO 100, F/16, 10 seconds, 105mm

ISO 100, F/16, 10 seconds, 105mm 

ISO 100, F/16, 4 seconds, 105mm

ISO 100, F/16, 8 seconds, 105mm.

ISO 100, F/4, 0.5 seconds, 105mm

ISO 100, F/4, 0.6 seconds, 105mm.

ISO 100, F/4, 0.5 seconds, 105mm 

ISO 100, F/4, 1 second, 105mm

ISO 100, F/14, 1/8 second, 105mm.

ISO 100, F/4, 0.5, 105mm

ISO 100 F/18, 6 seconds 105mm

ISO 100, F/18, 6 seconds, 105mm

ISO 100, F/18, 6 seconds, 105mm

ISO100, F/18, 6 seconds, 105mm.

ISO 100, F/18, 6 seconds, 105mm

ISO 100, F/22, 10 seconds, 105mm

ISO100, F/22,10 seconds, 105mm

ISO 100, F/22, 10 seconds, 105mm

ISO 100, F22, 10 seconds, 105mm

Research- Heather Angel.

This image can be found here.

This  image can be found here.

Research- Robert Mapplethorpe

All images can be found here.

Research- James Thornbrook.

All images can be found here.

Research- Imogen Cunningham.

All images can be found here.

Research- Ron Van Dongan

All images can be found here.

Research

Research.

Websites


http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/

I found this website useful as it gave some very informative information, in particular an article regarding shooting flowers in macro. This can be found here-    

 http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2014/12/18/macro-photography-tips-set-eye-catching-close-ups/

The same website also had a very useful article about lighting flowers for still life shots. This can be found here-

http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2013/01/30/the-still-life-photographers-guide-to-lighting-4-techniques-4-different-effects/2/

Youtube.

This was an invaluable resource for tutorials when I needed help with Photoshop. The video format which allows you to see a technique actually take place helped me to both learn and gather ideas that I could use when editing my own photographs.

http://www.photoshop.com//learn

The website from which I downloaded a trial version of Photoshop. It had some great tutorials which were inspiring and again helped me gather ideas for post image capture ideas.

Book.

Nikon D5300 From Snapshots to Great Shots. Rob Sylvan

This was a great self learn book written especially for the owners of the camera that I used for this project. This was useful as a reminder of how I could achieve certain affects that I wanted with my camera and its settings.

Photographers.

Ron Van Dongen

Venezuelan photographer (1961- ) Produces beautiful black and white floral images.

Imogen Cunningham

American photographer (1883-1976) who was known for her nude and industrial landscapes as well as her botanical photography.

James Thornbrook

British, self taught, fine art photographer.

Robert Mapplethorpe

American Photographer (1946-1989) best known for his often controversial, erotic black and white photography. His work also includes still life images of flowers.

Heather Angel

A British nature photographer (1941-) She is also a author and television presenter.